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What It Means to Work on Growth
One of my goals this quarter is to write more posts on growth as I continue to learn more about the space. Writing has always had a way of solidifying concepts for me. First up, what does it even mean to be a âgrowthâ person?
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Why Most Analytics Efforts Fail
This write-up from Crystal Widjaja is one of the most comprehensive and reflective posts on startup analytics that Iâve come across. Iâm sure I could have avoided some mistakes in the past following this advice.
Stage of Company, Not Name of Company
From Nikhyl Singhal, âWhen choosing your next company, first determine which stage (pre-product fit, post-product fit, growth, or scale) is the best match.â Iâve written about similar heuristics in the past, but this idea is really well communicated here.
What Does Segment Do?
You might have heard the news that Segment was acquired over the weekend by Twilio for around $3B. I enjoyed this summary of the value that the âcustomer data platformâ provides.
Why Shared Channels Are So Cool
Iâm not sure how this post made it into my feed this week considering itâs almost a year old, but this visual journey through the growth of Slackâs shared channels is really neat.
đ„ What I Found Interesting
Patent Drops
If youâre in the market for additional newsletters, Iâve been looking forward to this weekly round-up of interesting patents filed from prominent tech companies.
So Many Post Mortems
This repo with post mortems goes on forever. Thereâs more than enough technical failures here to keep you up at night.
Letter
I havenât tried this product personally, but I like the idea a lot. More public, long-form, written conversations would be a good thing in my book.
đ€ Quote I'm Pondering
âThere are at least two kinds of games. One could be called finite; the other infinite. A finite game is played for the purpose of winning, an infinite game for the purpose of continuing the play.â â James Carse
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